International Boxing Hall of Fame
The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF), located in Canastota, New York, United States, honors boxers, trainers and other contributors to the sport worldwide. The International Boxing Hall of Fame is one of two recognized international boxing halls of fame, along with the World Boxing Hall of Fame in Riverside, CA.[1]
The first Boxing Hall of Fame was sponsored by The Ring magazine and was, for decades, located at the offices of Madison Square Garden in New York City. A 1990 initiative by Ed Brophy to honor Canastota's world boxing champions, Carmen Basilio and Basilio's nephew, Billy Backus; the village of Canastota inaugurated the new museum, which showcases boxing's rich history.[2] Multiple-award-winning artist Richard T. Slone was named the official artist of the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1997 and remains so to this day.
There are ceremonies conducted each year to honor inductees which are annually attended by many former world boxing champions, as well as boxing and Hollywood celebrities. Professional boxers become eligible for election into the Hall of Fame five years after their retirement. Inductions are handled by members of the Boxing Writers Association of America and an international panel of boxing historians who select inductees in five separate categories:
- Modern: Retired boxers whose last bout was no earlier than 1943.
- Old Timers: Boxers whose last bout was no earlier than 1893 and no later than 1942. This was expanded to 1988 in 2015. The International Boxing Hall of Fame currently alternates yearly between inducting boxers whose last bout was from 1893 to 1942 and boxers whose last bout was from 1943 to 1988.[3]
- Pioneers: Boxers whose last bout was in or prior to 1892.
- Observers: Journalists, historians, writers and artists.
- Non-Participants: People who made contributions to the sport of boxing apart from their roles as boxers or observers.
Inductees
Modern
Old Timers
Pioneers
Non-participants
- Johnny Addie (2018)
- Thomas S. Andrews (1992)
- Ray Arcel (1991)
- Bob Arum (1999)
- Jarvis Astaire (2006)
- Giuseppe Ballarati (1999)
- George Benton (2001)
- Ignacio Beristain (2011)
- Al Bernstein (2012)
- A.F. Bettinson (2011)
- Whitey Bimstein (2006)
- Jack Blackburn (1992)
- William A. Brady (1998)
- Umberto Branchini (2004)
- Teddy Brenner (1993)
- Amilcar Brusa (2007)
- Michael Buffer (2012)
- Bill Cayton (2005)
- John Graham Chambers (1990)
- Don Chargin (2001)
- Lorainne Chargin (2018)
- Stanley Christodoulou (2004)
- Gil Clancy (1993)
- Irving Cohen (2002)
- James W. Coffroth (1991)
- Cuco Conde (2007)
- Joe Cortez (2011)
- Cus D'Amato (1995)
- Jeff Dickson (2000)
- Arthur Donovan (1993)
- Mickey Duff (1999)
- Angelo Dundee (1994)
- Chris Dundee (1994)
- Don Dunphy (1993)
- Dan Duva (2003)
- Lou Duva (1998)
- Aileen Eaton (2002)
- Pierce Egan (1991)
- Shelly Finkel (2010)
- Nat Fleischer (1990)
- Richard Kyle Fox (1997)
- Dewey Fragetta (2003)
- Don Fraser (2005)
- Eddie Futch (1994)
- Billy Gibson (2009)
- Charley Goldman (1992)
- Ruby Goldstein (1994)
- Bob Goodman (2009)
- Murray Goodman (1999)
- Bill Gore (2008)
- Abe J. Greene (2009)
- Larry Hazzard (2010)
- Barry Hearn (2014)
- Akihiko Honda (2009)
- Joe Humphreys (1997)
- Sam Ichinose (2001)
- Jimmy Jacobs (1993)
- Mike Jacobs (1990)
- Jimmy Johnston (1999)
- J. P. Leo "Jack 'Doc' Kearns" McKernan (1990)
- Don King (1997)
- Klaus-Peter Kohl (2018)
- Mills Lane (2013)
- Tito Lectoure (1997)
- Harold Lederman (2015)
- A.J. Liebling (1992)
- Hugh, Earl of Lonsdale (1996)
- Harry Markson (1992)
- John, Marquess of Queensberry (1990)
- Arthur Mercante (1995)
- Dan Morgan (2000)
- William Muldoon (1996)
- Gilbert Odd (1995)
- Tom O'Rourke (1999)
- Mogens Palle (2008)
- Dan Parker (1996)
- George Parnassus (1991)
- J Russell Peltz (2004)
- Tex Rickard (1990)
- Freddie Roach (2012)
- Irving Rudd (1999)
- Rodolfo Sabbatini (2006)
- Lope Sarreal (2005)
- Wilfried Sauerland (2010)
- George Siler (1995)
- Sam Silverman (2002)
- Jack Solomons (1995)
- Sylvester Stallone (2010)
- Richard Steele (2014)
- Emanuel Steward (1997)
- José Sulaimán (2007)
- Sam Taub (1995)
- Herman Taylor (1998)
- Bruce Trampler (2010)
- Lou Viscusi (2004)
- Jimmy Walker (1992)
- Frank Warren (2008)
- Al Weill (2003)
- Steve Smoger (2015)[4]
Observers
- Steve Albert (2018)
- Dave Anderson (2008)
- Lester Bromberg (2001)
- Jimmy Cannon (2002)
- Harry Carpenter (2011)
- Ralph Citro (2001)
- Howard Cosell (2010)
- Tad Dorgan (2007)
- Jack Fiske (2003)
- Paul Gallico (2009)
- Bill Gallo (2001)
- Jim Gray (2018)
- Reg Gutteridge (2002)
- W.C. Heinz (2004)
- Jersey Jones (2005)
- Hank Kaplan (2006)
- Michael Katz (2012)
- Joe Koizumi (2008)
- Jim Lampley (2015)
- Hugh McIlvanney (2009)
- Larry Merchant (2009)
- Harry Mullan (2005)
- Barney Nagler (2004)
- LeRoy Neiman (2007)
- Damon Runyon (2002)
- Budd Schulberg (2003)
- Ed Schuyler (2010)
- Herbert "Bert" Sugar (2005)
- Stanley Weston (2006)
See also
References
- ↑ "The World Boxing Hall of Fame". Clio. April 14, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
- ↑ Baker, Mark A. (2010). Title Town, USA: Boxing in Upstate New York. ISBN 978-1-59629-769-2.
- ↑ http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/inducteeindex.html
- ↑ "Steve Smoger". International Boxing Hall of Fame.
External links
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